Little has been published regarding BSW students' perceived stress, coping self-efficacy, and self-care. A preexperimental study, with one qualitative question, was used to determine the effects of a self-care course on students' perceived stress scores (PSS), coping self-efficacy scores (CSES), and subjective experiences. Nineteen undergraduate students participated. Mean age of participants was 25, 90% were female, and most were Caucasian. The average CSES was 161.42 (SD=41.57) at pretest and 180.72 (SD=34.97) at posttest. A statistically significant difference in mean scores was found (t=−2.109, p=.05). The average PSS was 17.58 (SD=8.50) at pretest and 14.83 (SD=5.607) at posttest. Students' subjective experiences with the course were positive, and 79% noted that their understanding of self-care changed. Despite the small sample and lack of diversity, the study's contribution is noteworthy. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to examine the impact of a 3-credit course on self-care for BSW students.

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[pt] Esta dissertação teve como objetivo de avaliar o desempenho metrológico de sistemas de medição de petróleo com medidores de vazão do tipo ultrassônico, Coriolis e deslocamento positivo quando submetidos a variadas condições de BSW, temperatura do fluido e vazão do escoamento por meio de Planejamento de Experimentos e da Metodologia de Superfície de Resposta. Conforme regulamentação brasileira vigente, caso os volumes produzidos de petróleo utilizados como referência para o pagamento de participações governamentais e a terceiros contenham um BSW superior a 2 por cento v/v, estes volumes devem ser majorados de forma arbitrária entre 1,44 por cento e 10,89 por cento em função exclusivamente do BSW, o que tem acarretado problemas operacionais às empresas petrolíferas como diferenças entre os volumes produzidos e os volumes comercializados, e pagamentos adicionais de participações governamentais e à terceiros. Os resultados dos experimentos realizados indicam que a contribuição de cada parâmetro analisado para o desempenho metrológico do sistema de medição varia conforme a tecnologia de medição utilizada pelo medidor de vazão, entretanto a temperatura do fluido demonstrou-se um parâmetro relevante comum para todas as tecnologias de medição avaliadas. Todas as tecnologias de medição avaliadas sofrem influência do BSW na faixa de 0 por cento a 10 por cento v/v, sendo o erro de medição inferior a 0,2 por cento, quando comparado a um medidor padrão do tipo deslocamento positivo, em quase todas as condições experimentais. O medidor de vazão do tipo Coriolis foi o que apresentou o menor erro dentre as tecnologias de medição avaliadas. / [en] This dissertation aimed to evaluate the metrological performance of oil measurement systems with ultrasonic, Coriolis and positive displacement flowmeters when subjected to various conditions of BSW, fluid temperature and flow rate by using Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methodology. According to current Brazilian regulations, if the produced oil volumes used as a reference for the payment of government takes and to landowners contain a BSW greater than 2 percent v/v, these volumes must be arbitrarily increased by 1.44 percent up to 10.89 percent due exclusively to the BSW value, which has caused operational problems for oil companies such as differences between the produced oil volumes and oil volumes sold, and additional payments of government takes and landowner fees. The results of the experiments carried out indicate that the contribution of each parameter analyzed to the metrological performance of the measurement system varies depending on the flowmeter measurement technology, however, the fluid temperature proved to be a relevant parameter common to all measurement technologies evaluated. All measurement technologies evaluated are influenced by BSW in the range of 0 percent to 10 percent v/v, with the measurement error being less than 0.2 percent, when compared to positive displacement master flowmeter, in almost every experimental condition. The Coriolis flowmeter was the one with the lowest error among all measurement technologies evaluated.

This study aims to explore and understand the ways in which social work field instructors assess ‘readiness for practice’, particularly in situations where a BSW student has experienced a placement breakdown or failure. Through the examination of existing literature, themes of gatekeeping, assessments of readiness, field instructors’ relationships with the academic institutions and tensions between the worlds of social work values and gatekeeping emerged. Rooted in an interpretive methodology and supported by in-person interviews, the study sought the feedback and experiences of five BSW field instructors, with the intention of better understanding the ways in which field instructors assessed ‘readiness for practice’. Emphasizing the use of the term ‘readiness’, the findings suggest that assessing readiness for practice is a multi-layered process. They presented some similarities in the skills and values deemed essential for BSW students to possess to demonstrate readiness and discussed some of the problematic behaviours that contributed towards lack of readiness and placement breakdowns/failures. The findings also discussed the tension that field instructors experience in relation to their mentoring and gatekeeping roles and their desires to see an increase in the collaborative relationships with academic institutions. This study encourages field instructors and Schools of Social Work to critically analyze and explore ways in which they can advance their relationship and work collectively to address issues pertaining to lack of readiness for practice. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW)

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VanessaSC_Capa_ate_pag20.pdf: 8557858 bytes, checksum: 72fd9a66eb38d52692df7e1baf0e2507 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12-10 / During a petroleum well production process, It is common the slmultaneous oil and water production, in proportion that can vary from 0% up to values close to 100% of water. Moreover, the production flows can vary a lot, depending on the charaeteristies of eaeh reservoir. Thus being, the meters used in field for the flow and BSW (water in the oil) measurement must work well in wide bands of operation. For the evaluation of the operation of these meters, in the different operation conditions, a Laboratory will be built in UFRN, that has for objective to evaluate in an automatic way the processes of flow and BSW petroleum measurement, considering different operation conditions. The good acting of these meters is fundamental for the accuracy of the measures of the volumes of production liquid and rude of petroleum. For the measurement of this production, the petroleum companies use meters that should indicate the values with tha largast possible accuracy and to respect a series of conditions and minimum requirements, estabelished by the united Entrance ANP/INMETRO 19106/2000. The laboratory of Evafuation of the Processes of Measurement of Flow and BSW to be built will possess an oil tank basically, a tank of water, besides a mixer, a tank auditor, a tank for separation and a tank of residues for discard of fluids, fundamental for the evaluation of the flow metars and BSW. The whole process will be automated through the use of a Programmable Logicat Controller (CLP) and of a supervisory system.This laboratory besides allowing the evaluation of flow meters and BSW used by petroleum companies, it will make possible the development of researches related to the automation. Besides, it will be a collaborating element to the development of the Computer Engineering and Automation Department, that it will propitiate the evolution of the faculty and discente, qualifying them for a job market in continuous growth. The present work describes the project of automation of the laboratory that will be built at of UFRN. The system will be automated using a Programmable Logical Controller and a supervisory system. The programming of PLC and the screens of the supervisory system were developed in this work / Durante o processo de produ??o de um po?o de petr?teo ? comum a produ??o simult?nea de ?gua e ?leo em propor??o que variam de 0% a valores pr?ximos de 100% de ?gua. Al?m disso, as vaz?es de produ??o podem variar muito dependendo das caracter?sticas de cada reservat?rio petrol?fero. Assimsendo,os medidores utilizados em campo, para a medi??o de vaz?o e BSW (?gua no ?leo) devem funcionar bem em larga faixas de opera??o. Para a avalia??o do funcionamento destes medidores, nas diferentes condi??es de opera??o, ser? construido um Laborat?rio na UFRN, que tem por objetivo avaliar de forma autom?tica os processos de medi??o de vaz?o e BSW do petr?leo, considerando diferentes condi??es de opera??o. O bom desempenho destes medidores ? fundamental para a exatid?o das medidas dos volumes de produ??o l?quido e bruto de petr?leo. Para a medi??o desta produ??o as empresas do setor de petr?leo utilizam medidores que devem indicar os valores com a maior exatid?o poss?vel e respeitar uma s?rie de condi??es e requisitos minimos, estabelecidos pela Portaria conjunta ANP/INMETRO de 19/06/2000, [12]. O laborat?rio de Avalia??o dos Processos de Medi??o de Vaz?o e BSW a ser construido possuir? basicamente um tanque de ?leo, um tanque de ?gua, al?m de um misturador, um tanque auditor, um tratador para separa??o e um tanque de res?duos para descarte de fluidos, fundamentais para a avalia??o dos medidores de vaz?o e BSW . Todo o processo ser? automatizado atrav?s do uso de um Controlador L?gico Program?vel (CLP) e de um sistema supervis?rio. Este laborat?rio al?m de permitir a avalia??o de medidores de vaz?o e BSW uti1izado por empresas produtoras de petr?leo, possibilitar? o desenvolvimento de pesquisas relacionadas ? automa??o. Al?m disso, ser? um elemento colaborador ao desenvolvimento do Departamento de Engenharia de Computa??o e Automa??o, que propiciar? a evolu??odo corpo docente e discente, t?cnica e profissionalmente, capacitando-os para um mercado de trabalho em cont?nuo crescimento. O presente trabalho descreve o projeto de automa??o do laborat?do, que ser? construido no campus universit?rio da UFRN. O sistema ser? automatizado com o uso de um Controlador l?gico Program?vel e um sistema superv?s?rio. A programa??o do CLP e as telas do supervis?rio foram desenvolvidas neste trabalho

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Little is known about the perspectives of social work educators who work with under-prepared students in baccalaureate social work (BSW) programs. Educators across fields believe that students are increasingly under-prepared to be successful in higher education, and social work programs face greater numbers of under-prepared students seeking BSW degrees. Although an increasing amount of research offers strategies for matriculating, retaining, and teaching under-prepared students, these strategies are often presented without the contextual experiences faced by the educators who work with under-prepared students on a day-to-day basis. The following research seeks to begin to fill that gap. The researcher interviewed 11 participants and used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to uncover the essential experiential elements of working with under-prepared BSW students and to reveal the meaning that social work educators create within these experiences. Analysis resulted in four overlapping themes including understanding under-preparation as social injustice, questioning what it means to be a social work educator, recalling compelling moments, and demonstrating care in and out of the classroom. These results suggest that social work programs and educators can more explicitly recognize how working with under-prepared students mirrors traditional social work practice, and discuss how this mirrored process might affect both educators and students. Based on these results, the meaning of advancing social justice for under-prepared students, the conflicting roles that educators often adopt with under-prepared students, and the influence of external forces on educators' work all deserve further research.

South Africa is currently facing a severe shortage of trained and competent social workers. Case loads have reached proportions of such magnitude that social workers in the field are battling to meet the needs of the people they serve, while still maintaining high ethical and professional standards. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the field of social work has currently redirected a major part of the focus of the profession on meeting the needs of child-headed households, to find and train foster parents for these children and generally to assist the poorest of the poor to access various grants applicable to their circumstances. This redirection appears also to have changed the emphasis regarding social work training requirements. Whereas in the past the newly qualified social worker was able to acquire additional skills in the workplace, under the guidance of experienced social workers, today it would seem that the demands of the work place are such that the social worker needs to take on significant responsibilities on entering the field. At the same time the Department of Social Services in South Africa is encouraging universities to increase the intake of social work students, in an attempt to meet this rising need for personnel trained to meet the current requirements of the clients of social work services. This exploratory research will focus on the applicability of UNISA (University of South Africa) social work training to these current requirements of social work by tapping into three different frames of reference: 1) The experiences and perceptions of the final year social work student in their placement setting, and particularly on whether they have felt their UNISA training equipped them for the work they are required to do. 2) The way the UNISA student is perceived by the practice setting personnel (contact person), and whether they meet the requirements of the field setting. 3) Input from the UNISA appointed supervisors responsible for the final year social work students' professional development in the field.The person-centred approach and the developmental approach have been briefly discussed in relation to social work in South Africa in the literature review and form the backdrop to this research, guiding the researcher in the exploration of the perceptions of the three different types of respondents. Post-modern theory is also at the root of the researcher's attempt to find fit between the different perceptions and the implications for social work training at a distance learning institute in South Africa today. / Social Work / M. A. (Mental Health)

South Africa is currently facing a severe shortage of trained and competent social workers. Case loads have reached proportions of such magnitude that social workers in the field are battling to meet the needs of the people they serve, while still maintaining high ethical and professional standards. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the field of social work has currently redirected a major part of the focus of the profession on meeting the needs of child-headed households, to find and train foster parents for these children and generally to assist the poorest of the poor to access various grants applicable to their circumstances. This redirection appears also to have changed the emphasis regarding social work training requirements. Whereas in the past the newly qualified social worker was able to acquire additional skills in the workplace, under the guidance of experienced social workers, today it would seem that the demands of the work place are such that the social worker needs to take on significant responsibilities on entering the field. At the same time the Department of Social Services in South Africa is encouraging universities to increase the intake of social work students, in an attempt to meet this rising need for personnel trained to meet the current requirements of the clients of social work services. This exploratory research will focus on the applicability of UNISA (University of South Africa) social work training to these current requirements of social work by tapping into three different frames of reference: 1) The experiences and perceptions of the final year social work student in their placement setting, and particularly on whether they have felt their UNISA training equipped them for the work they are required to do. 2) The way the UNISA student is perceived by the practice setting personnel (contact person), and whether they meet the requirements of the field setting. 3) Input from the UNISA appointed supervisors responsible for the final year social work students' professional development in the field.The person-centred approach and the developmental approach have been briefly discussed in relation to social work in South Africa in the literature review and form the backdrop to this research, guiding the researcher in the exploration of the perceptions of the three different types of respondents. Post-modern theory is also at the root of the researcher's attempt to find fit between the different perceptions and the implications for social work training at a distance learning institute in South Africa today. / Social Work / M. A. (Mental Health)